The Washington bee., 1887-07-30

mittee on rules. 7th. Election
of officers.
EVENING sEss1or.
1st. Installation of officers. I'd.
Welcoming address, by Prof.
VIM. j, Simmons. Sd. Respond
ed to by the president. 4tb.
"Power of the Negro press:' a.
NJ b, Reuieao, Philadelphia, chair
man; Western Appeal, Minnesota;
Weekly Nea0s. Atlanta, Ga; Negro
american, Boston, Mass; Capitol,
Springfield ILL.,; 1smplar, Jackson
vile, Fla; Radical, St. Joseph,
Mo. Discussion thereon.
5th. Committee report and discus
sion '.On the Religious, Education
al and Social status of the coIored
people," Rev. B. F. Lee, "Chris-
tian Recorder" Philadelphia, Pa,
chairman; Southern Advocate"
louisiana; "Georgia Baptist.
Georgia; "Gold Eagle" Tenn;
"Alumnns," Penn; Nv estern
Baptist Herald" Iowa; "Chris-
tian STAR" Texas; "Christian In
dex," Miss; "Star of Zion,'' N. C;
"Afro-American Lhurchman,"
Va; "Ploneer," Texas; "People's
Journal" Fla; "Oxford Advo
cate," North Carolina; "Journal," !"
Indianapolis, Ind; "American
Catholic Tribune" Cincinnati.
SECOND pAY-MoRNING SESSION.
1st. Uusal or new business.
I'd. Reports of committees and
discussion theron. Sd. "The re-
lation of the Afro-American to
existing political parties:' 7. T
Fortune, New York Freeman;
A. F. Bradley, Chicago Observer;
John w. Cromwell, Peoples Ad-
vocate; J. A. Arneaux, New York
Enterprise; L. G. Wheeler, Chi
cago Conservator; L. A. Martinez,
Louisiana Standard; J. H. Kee.
bic, Free Lance; R. r. Wright,
W eekly Sentinel; G. j. Perry,
Tribune, Philadelphia, Pa. Pa
pers, fifteen minutes each.
4th. "Industrial Education"
Discussion theron: St. Louis Ad
vance, Missouri, chairman; Mem
nbis Watchmen, Tenn; Arkansas
Review, Arkansas: American
Baptist, Ky; Phoenix, Ga: st.
Mary's Herald. Louisiana; South
ern Independence, Alabama;
Maryland Director, Maryland.
5th. Report of committee on
southern outrages: Rt. Rev. II.
M. Turner, Southern Recorder,
chairman; Planet, Virginia; Sun,
Arkansas; Atlanta Defiance, Ga;
Gate City Press, Mo-; Boston Ad
vocate, Mass; Baptist Advocate,
Louisiana; Baptist Standard, N.
c.; Virginia Critic. Va; Knights
of Wise Men, Tenn; Ohio Falls
Express, KY; Vindicator, San
Francisco.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
1st ttT,ab0r and Capital-
their relation:" Richmond Plan
ct, Richmond, Va. chairman;
Plaindealer, Michigan; Light
House. Texas; Cleveland Globe,
Ohio; Living Way, Tenn: Bap-
1ist Pioneer, Ala; Chattanooga
Tribune, Tenn, Baptist Beacon,
Ohio; Golden Epoch, Arkansas;
Lynchburgh Laborer, Va; Bap-
tist Monitor, KY; Western Cy-
clone. Nicodemus, Kansas; Her
aid, Montgomery. Ala; Citizen,
Augusta, Texas; Advance Gazette,
Pensacola, Fla. Discussion there
on. I'd. 1.-The New South" y.
Willis Menard, Southern Leader,
chairman; Washington BEE, Dis
trict of Columbia; National Moni-
tor, N. Y, Blade, Austin, Texus;
American Protestant, Washing
ton, ID. c.; Free Lance, Nash
vile, Tenn; Argus, Indianapolis,
Ind.; National Leader, n. Y;
Memphis Watch-Tower, Tenn;
Discussion thereon.
Sd. Business committee--Prof.
VIM. J. Simmons. chairman; Peo-
ple's Journal, Fla, Appeal, Ra-
leigh N. c., and their report.
4th.' Report of the press his
torian, W. @. Chase, Washing
ton BEE.
5th. Resolutions and new busi-
ness: National Monitor, N. Y,
chairman: Arkansas Mansion, Ar
kansas: Virginia Lancet, Va; Chi
cago Conservator, Illinois; Chat